Meat Sauce, tomato & 66g beef per serve

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 221.7
  • Total Fat: 14.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 50.0 mg
  • Sodium: 179.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 6.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
  • Protein: 13.7 g

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Introduction

Traditional, simple Italian Pasta Meat Sauce to serve over cooked pasta. Pasta is NOT included in the Nutrition count. Traditional, simple Italian Pasta Meat Sauce to serve over cooked pasta. Pasta is NOT included in the Nutrition count.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    Onion Brown 90g
    Garlic, 6 cloves finely grated
    Carrot, raw 50g grated
    Celery, 1 small Stalk finely chopped
    Ground Beef, lean 400g
    Crushed Tomato or Tomato Pasata, 200g
    Red Wine, 0.5 cup
    Beef Stock, 1 cup or more
    Bay Leaf, remove before serving
    Oregano, ground 0.5 tsp or to taste
    Basil, fresh 5 leaves
    Water to prevent drying

Directions

1. Brown the Ground beef and strain of excess fat
2. Saute the onions until soft
3. Saute the grated carrot and chopped celery
4. Saute the Garlic
5. Add Red Wine, Bay Leaves, Oregano and simmer
6. Add back the Ground Beef and simmer for about 10 mins
7. Cover with the Beef stock and simmer for 2 hrs, usually the longer you simmer the better the sauce. Top up with water if too dry
8. Add the Basil leaves in the last half hour of simmer time
9. Remove Bay leaves before serving
10. Add Salt and Pepper to your taste
11. Serve over 1 cup Cooked pasta, your choice
12. Makes 6 x 0.5 metric cup servings.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WENDY334.